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Invasive Buttonweed Cotula coronopifolia (Asteraceae) Is Halotolerant and Has High Potential for Dispersal by Endozoochory. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Buttonweed (Cotula coronopifolia) is native to South Africa but invasive in wetlands in Europe, North America, and Australasia, where it excludes native plants.
Sánchez-García R, Green AJ, Tomasson L, Hortas F, Ortiz MA.   +4 more
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Effects of endozoochory and diploendozoochory by captive wild mammals on Juniperus deppeana seeds. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2023
AbstractCarnivorous mammals disperse seeds through endozoochory and diploendozoochory. The former consists of ingestion of the fruit, passage through the digestive tract, and expulsion of the seeds, a process that allows scarification and dispersal of the seeds over long or short distances.
Rubalcava-Castillo FA, Valdivia-Flores AG, Luna-Ruíz JJ, Íñiguez-Dávalos LI, Martínez-Calderón VM, Meraz Jiménez AJ, Sosa-Ramírez J.   +6 more
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Seed dispersal by the cosmopolitan house sparrow widens the spectrum of unexpected endozoochory by granivore birds. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
In the intricate web of plant–animal interactions, granivore birds can play a dual antagonist–mutualist role as seed predators and dispersers. This study delves into the ecological significance of the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) as seed disperser ...
Blanco G, Chamorro D, Lovas-Kiss Á, Bravo C.   +3 more
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ENDOZOOCHORY - THE SOURCE OF WEDDING OF AGRICULTURAL CROPS

Romanian Journal for Plant Protection, 2020
"One of the most important sources of weed infestation in agricultural crops is related to manure applied as biological fertilizer, when livestock growers don`t process it and don`t store it in order to be weeds - free. In manure there are lot of weed seeds from animal fodder, livestock bedding and also from animal excrements.
Valentin Ciontu, Daniel Jalobă, Mihaela Șerban, Victor Petcu, Marga Grădilă   +4 more
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Endozoochory by Goats of Two Invasive Weeds with Contrasted Propagule Traits [PDF]

Sustainability, 2020
Invasive plants have very important ecological and socioeconomic impacts. Producing and dispersing many viable seeds are key plant functional traits for invaders. Ungulate grazing plays an important role in the endozoochorous seed dispersal within grasslands and rangelands.
Ahmed M. Abbas, Mohammed Al-Kahtani, Mohamed Abdelazeem Mousa, Mohammed O. Badry, Ahmed S.A. Hassaneen, Ahmed Ezzat-Ahmed, Juan Manuel Mancilla-Leytón, Jesús M. Castillo   +7 more
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The effectiveness of endozoochory in three avian seed predators [PDF]

Journal of Ornithology, 2015
The role of granivorous birds as agents of seed dispersal has been little explored and is poorly understood. We assessed the ability of three species of birds from a Central European agricultural landscape to disperse seeds of dry-fruited plants. We hypothesised that Grey Partridge Perdix perdix is a better seed disperser than either of two species of ...
Orłowski, Grzegorz, Czarnecka, Joanna, Goławski, Artur, Karg, Jerzy, Panek, Marek   +4 more
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Endozoochory of the same community of plants lacking fleshy fruits by storks and gulls [PDF]

, 2020
Aims Research into the dispersal of plants lacking a fleshy fruit by avian endozoochory remains limited, particularly regarding the different roles of specific vectors in the same habitat. Methods We compared plants dispersed by endozoochory between
Martín-Vélez, Víctor, Lovas Kiss, Ádám, Lovas-Kiss, Ádám, Sánchez, Marta I., Martín Vélez, Víctor, Ádám Lovas‐Kiss, Andy J Green, Víctor Martín‐Vélez, Marta I Sánchez, Green, Andy J., Sánchez Ordóñez, Marta Isabel   +10 more
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Endozoochory varies with ecological scale and context

Ecography, 2007
Several studies on endozoochory have established large herbivores as important for seed dispersal, yet no studies have evaluated how endozoochory is dependent on ecological scale and context. Here we address effects of reindeer density on endozoochory in a hierarchical, multi‐scale study, encompassing several ecological contexts.
Kari Anne Bråthen, Victoria T. González, Marianne Iversen, Siw Killengreen, Virve T. Ravolainen, Rolf A. Ims, Nigel G. Yoccoz   +6 more
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Endozoochory by free-ranging, large herbivores: Ecological correlates and perspectives for restoration

Basic and Applied Ecology, 2005
Seed dispersal via ingestion and defecation by large herbivores provides a possible aid for ecological restoration of plant communities, by connecting source communities of target species with habitat restoration sites. It is also a possible threat due to invasion of weeds, grasses or exotic species.
Mouissie, Albert M, Vos, P, Verhagen, H M C, Bakker, J P   +3 more
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Potential and realised contribution of endozoochory to seedling establishment

Basic and Applied Ecology, 2009
Abstract Many plant species have been shown to be dispersed by large herbivores through endozoochory, but there have been few studies that have demonstrated the ecological significance of this dispersal method. Known quantities of seeds were fed to sheep and the emergence of seeds germinating from dung in the field and glasshouse were compared with ...
R.J. Pakeman, J.L. Small
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